I also keep thinking about what happens to people around me.There is a lot of sadness: worksituations; unfullfilled expactations, people suffer because their kids suffer, there are people missing people, people who suffer about their parents, and then those conversations about is what I make/ is who I am good enough.So much injustice.There is so much black and white and way too much grey.

I also think a lot about love.I make little hearts: for a brandnew beautiful small baby; and to show I love people.I make them very colorfull: no such thing as too much color whem it comes to love...Look:

No, there is no justice. Pain, sadness, missing, diseases, mean people, they exist.We have to deal with that.Life is never just happiness. Sometimes it hurts.So today no black and whote, no grey.We have enough off that around us.Today I choose to spread some color.

My luck to be Facebookfriends with Marijke van Welzen. She announced a "Masterclass coat" somewhere in the early spring and I KNEW I had to be there. So I mailed rightaway to subscribe. It was a two-day Masterclass at Hawar in Oldeberkoop and I was looking forward immensely!

Who ever layed eyes on Marijke's coats, will never forget them. I was completely blown away when I saw them the first time at the big exhibition from our National Quiltguild in Deventer, a few years ago. After that, I did a one-day workshop "Denim" with her and knew that it was very inspiring. I started with this skirt there:

I already knew I wanted to make a pretty coat, so... I felt blocked for a while because OMG it was SO scary to cut those shiny parts! But... I wanted it to be finished for the Regionday of the Quiltguild. So. I did it. I scraped up all my courage...

I just loved making it, overcame some fears, and the next coat is starting to grow in my head. That is going te be a very special coat to remember a dear old friend and his wife. I am looking forward to it.And for now I am very proud and happy with this "trialcoat"!